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Parotitis and acute pancreatitis in a patient with ulcerative colitis

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Ulcerative colitis (UC) has been associated with a number of extraintestinal manifestations, but an association with salivary gland involvement has never been reported. We describe a patient with UC who developed acute pancreatitis and parotitis. Some autoantibodies against common antigens presenting in both the parotid gland and the pancreas might have induced pancreatitis and parotitis in our patient with UC.

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Abbreviations

UC:

ulcerative colitis

AIP:

autoimmune pancreatitis

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Niigata City General Hospital, 2-6-1 Shichikuyama Chuoku, Niigata, 950-8739, Japan

    Toru Watanabe

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Watanabe, T. Parotitis and acute pancreatitis in a patient with ulcerative colitis. Eur J Pediatr 167, 945 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0593-x

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